Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - ***UPDATE 9-9-2023, 6:15 pm: Meeting time changed to 6 pm and meeting location changed to Courtroom "A"*** The Shelby County Farm Committee will hold a meeting on September 11, 2023, at the Lions Club in Shelbyville at 8:00 a.m. for the purpose...
Poplar Grove, Ill. (ECWd) - We previously published numerous articles referencing Owen Costanza, the former President of the Village of Poplar Grove, Illinois. Since he lost the last election, he sued several people for defamation and other things and lost in court after admitting everything they said...
Champaign, Ill. (ECWd) - Over the past several months, we have been reviewing a Facebook page entitled "The Boathouse Johnny's Gone Fishing" because we believed it to be a "fake" page passing on false information as "news" and pretending to be associated with the University of...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker signed Public Act 103-0439 (Civil Liability for Doxing Act) which becomes effective on January 1, 2024. What this law does, is give people the ability to file civil action against anyone who violates the Act by publishing "personally identifiable information" on the...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Residents, Village of Dolton Trustees, and Dolton Park District Commissioners came together for a press conference yesterday, and all of them alleged Tiffany Henyard, Mayor of Dolton and Thornton Township Supervisor, has been using the Dolton Police Department for political retaliation against...
DOLTON, Ill. (ECWd) - Dolton, ILÂ - The Dolton Park District Board of Commissioners will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023, to discuss the mistreatment of a local patron who was denied the ability to host his popular car show by Mayor Tiffany Henyard...
Illinois (ECWd) - Our attorneys for this case, Loevy and Loevy, filed our petition for leave to appeal the Edgar County Watchdogs v. Will County Sheriff FOIA case to the Illinois Supreme Court a few days ago, and we are pleased that 17 news organizations have...
WATSEKA, Ill. (ECWd) - August 05, 2023 Will Brumleve WATSEKA — The founder of a now-defunct nonprofit animal sanctuary in Thawville where hundreds of animal carcasses were discovered in shallow graves in 2019 is now keeping animals at her residence in Will County despite an Iroquois County judge’s...
Rockford, Ill. (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker's signing of Senate Bill 1909 into law lends the appearance the State of Illinois would soon violate the essence of free speech in this state. We firmly believe the government cannot impose a law violative of the First Amendment, designed to...
Madison County, Ill. (ECWd) - Once more, Governor Pritzker has signed a bill making what used to be unauthorized compensation, authorized. We previously wrote about the Metro East Sanitary District's ("MESD") unauthorized health insurance plans for their appointed board members (here). At the time, according to the...
